Commentary

Rolling up my sleeves at the PUD!

Maintaining & protecting our pure water is the sacred duty of the PUD. My first two years will be metaphorically chopping wood & carrying water, preparing to bridge the looming flood of retirements. By diving […]

Commentary

Why I’m Running for Thurston PUD Commissioner!

As PUD Commissioner, my commitment would be to safety, reliability and affordability. Starting with careful attention towards fiscal responsibilities but never wavering in the protection of our precious water supplies. Actively listening to Thurston community […]

Commentary

Redefining sex? No thanks.

Redefining sex? No thanks! I’m critical of a gender ideology that contends people may self identify as the opposite gender. The main promotion of this impossible position is made by people who self identify as […]

Olympia

My interview on the Adam Dealan-de podcast

It was a fun conversation meandering the complexities of woke politics in Olympia, imperialism, Ukraine, Black Lives Matter, philosophy, trans activism and beyond. The video and audio quality could be better, that was my bad.

Commentary

Targeted by whom?

I was targeted on Veterans Day. Waking up that day I discovered two truck tires flat. It was lucky that it was a holiday or I’d have missed my morning school bus driving route. Examining […]

Commentary

Election Blockade for Democracy

I wrote the following in August of 2020 and have thought about it for longer. I obviously consider the US electoral system totally broken. That comes from my experience of working for the Green Party […]

Commentary

Ukraine: what you don’t know may kill us all.

I’ve been paying attention daily to the Ukraine war. I spend most of my time examining the history, geopolitics, economics, governmental responses, legal issues and the myriad of numbers in all these realms that feed […]

Commentary

The debate: Developers vs Homeowners

I’m trying to make sense of the property situation in my town. And it gets confusing. I’m interested in where there is common interests, shared alliances and deals with problems. In the dealing with problems […]